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I've been researching mortgage note investing, and from everything I've read, it seems like a great way to invest in real estate. However, I've not seen much about how mortgage note investing can go bad. According to ...
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Hello, I am looking to start my real estate journey, and am estimating I will have all my "ducks in a row" within 8 months to a year from now. That being said my goal is to take advantage of an fha loan (and 203k if a...
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Hi BiggerPockets,
My name is Zoe Brennan. I am 20yrs old completely new to this, and I’m just starting out in my real estate career as a newly licensed agent. I bring sales experience from selling RVs and have alway...
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Hey Bp family,
I’m looking to move to Lexington, South Carolina area within the next year or so. I would like to start investing in real estate once I get situated down there. My plan is to sell my primary home ...
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I always see cheap houses for sale in my market and they are complete rat holes and the realtor always says “great investment property” well my question is do the best investments always come from rehab? Wouldn’t it b...
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For all of the newbies out there, I was wondering what excuses you have for not investing. I think it might be helpful to share with everyone here!
For the veterans, I'd love to hear some of the excuses you used b...
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Hey BP members, Does anyone have any advice on hiring a property manager? I currently manage 16 doors myself, all within a 10 minute drive from each other. (I do everything). I looked into a few property management co...
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I got out of the stock market in 2009 after taking a $300k loss. Ironically, I had made about the same amount by actually predicting the crash and shorting the market at the top. I thought I could predict the upturn a...
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and Property Managers in general,Just about no one on Bigger Pockets is as big a defender of Property Managers as I am. While some folks are great DYI people and can manage their own properties well, I am a firm beli...
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I was thinking about getting my RE license just so that I could obtain MLS access and have an advantage over other buyers, but there were a few things I was wondering about:
1) Is there a long lag time from the time ...